Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1918 — Reforest Bare Hillsides. [ARTICLE]

Reforest Bare Hillsides.

The scarcity of lumber for mine pl> lars and other mine uses has led tc the creation of a forestry department by several of the large mining companies, one of which has Just refor ested Bear creek watershed with 5.00 C white pine and 5,000 Norway spruce trees. Thirty thousand more trees are 1e process of cultivation at Hauto, Pa. in the Panthqr Creek valley. When timber is ready to cut in the vicinity of the mines troublesome waits and long hauls will be eliminated. * More timber in the anthracite region would stop floods, add to ths water supply, reduce the drought periods and enable the anthracite industry to add to its output. Many thousands of acres are available about the mines for reforestation.